MONTEREY — An environmental nonprofit out of Monterey is applauding this year’s state budget that is funding a transition away from deadly gill-net fishing by awarding commercial fishermen cash for ...

Around the world, fishermen use low-cost nets that sit like fences on coastal seafloors. Known as set gill nets, this type of gear is highly effective at catching fish when the mesh snags them by ...

A push to ban non-tribal gill net fishing for salmon on the Columbia River is no shock to Pete Knutson, who has witnessed several similar attempts like it in his lifetime. "You can sell it to people ...

Like a methodical poker player suddenly switching to "all-in," the region's largest and potentially most influential player in sport salmon fishing is shoving all its chips forward in the gill-net ...

Jackie Watson pulled the metal tub loaded with dead fish and tangled netting of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources boat and set it on the asphalt of the Sailboat Beach parking lot at Deer Creek ...

Ten people from Atlanta were arrested and face an array of charges, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports. More than 500 pounds of fish and sharks were caught by 10 people ...

Ten Atlanta residents are accused of using illegal gill nets to catch more than 500 pounds of fish and sharks near a major bridge in Florida, wildlife officials said. In a news release, the Florida ...